Tom Marchese was in the small blind when he decided to put Mikhail Smirnov all in. Smirnov was in the big blind, and he called off his remaining 1,675,000.
| Tom Marchese |   |
| Mikhail Smirnov |   |
The board ran out 
, and Smirnov stayed alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,600,000
4,000,000
|
4,000,000 |
|
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|
3,520,000
1,365,000
|
1,365,000 |
From early position, Phil Hellmuth raised to 250,000. Frederic Banjout called on the button and the flop came down 
. Both players checked.
The turn was the 
and Hellmuth bet 400,000, which got called by Banjout. The river then completed the board with the 
and Hellmuth bet 900,000. Banjout called.
Hellmuth showed the 
for a set of deuces and Banjout mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,400,000
1,350,000
|
1,350,000 |
|
7,900,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
|
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Jason Mercier raised to 200,000 from under the gun and Richard Yong reraised to 600,000 from the next seat. Everyone else folded back to Mercier and he called.
The flop came down 
and Mercier check-called a bet of 625,000 from Yong before seeing the 
land on the turn. Both checked and they also checked the 
on the river.
Mercier showed the 
and Yong the 
. Mercier's hand was best and he won the pot to jump over 11 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,450,000
1,750,000
|
1,750,000 |
|
||
|
8,780,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
Mikhail Smirnov raised under the gun to 256,000 and Guy Laliberté called on the button.
The flop came down 
and Smirnov bet 425,000. Laliberté decided to raise it up to 1,425,000, and it was back on Smirnov. The Russian player moved all in for right around 3.7 million and the host of this amazing event made the call.
| Mikhail Smirnov | |
| Guy Laliberté |  |
Smirnov was in big trouble as Laliberté had flopped a set. The turn was the 
and the river the 
knocking out Smirnov in 22nd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,680,000
4,160,000
|
4,160,000 |
|
|
Busted |
From the cutoff Brian Rast raised to 250,000 and both blinds, Philipp Gruissem and Phil Hellmuth, called.
The flop came down and Gruissem checked to Hellmuth who fired out 350,000. Rast made the call and Gruissem folded.
The turn was the 
and Hellmuth checked to Rast who bet out 650,000. Hellmuth called and the river brought out the .
Hellmuth checked once more and Rast bet 1.15 million. Hellmuth stood up, sat down and started talking.
"The one guy I know I'm going to bust and he just gets there hand after hand," Hellmuth said as he made the call.
"NO, HE DIDN'T DO THAT!" Hellmuth screamed when Rast turned over 
for a rivered straight.
"That f***king idiot," Hellmuth added to his rant while pacing away from the table.
"You're one heck of a player aren't you? I know you'd try buddy, and I know you'll try again. You'll bluff your money off to the one guy you can't bluff!" Hellmuth added as Rast quietly stacked his chips. He's now over 20 million and chip leader by a serious margin in this event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,300,000
4,900,000
|
4,900,000 |
|
||
|
|
6,500,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
|
|
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The players are now on a scheduled 20-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,070,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
11,500,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
11,200,000
520,000
|
520,000 |
|
10,300,000
3,050,000
|
3,050,000 |
|
|
||
|
10,100,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
||
|
9,230,000
3,630,000
|
3,630,000 |
|
|
8,600,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
7,870,000
615,000
|
615,000 |
|
|
7,840,000
940,000
|
940,000 |
|
|
6,205,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
6,110,000
3,290,000
|
3,290,000 |
|
5,790,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
|
||
|
4,830,000
595,000
|
595,000 |
|
4,180,000
530,000
|
530,000 |
|
|
||
|
3,780,000
545,000
|
545,000 |
|
2,605,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
2,575,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
2,275,000
1,635,000
|
1,635,000 |
|
1,480,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,480,000
3,670,000
|
3,670,000 |
|
725,000
1,175,000
|
1,175,000 |
|
|
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Level: 14
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 15,000
From under the gun, Frederic Banjout raised to 300,000. Brian Rast flat-called from the next seat and then action folded to Ilya Bulychev in the small blind. He also called and the flop came down . After a check from Bulychev and Najout, Rast bet 500,000. Bulychev folded and Banjout check-raised to 1.6 million. Rast folded and Banjout won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,200,000
870,000
|
870,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
7,300,000
1,190,000
|
1,190,000 |
Jason Mercier raised under the gun plus one to 240,000 and folded when David Einhorn three-bet him to 600,000. On the very next hand Mercier was under the gun and raised again up to 240,000.
This time the action was folded to Sam Trickett who called from the small blind.
The flop came down 
and Trickett check-called a small 185,0000-chip bet.
The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and Trickett lead out for 475,000. Mercier gave it some thought but ended up folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,850,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
8,250,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
